Prehistory
Vocabulary
Define
Stone Age
Sumerian
100

What does B.C mean?

Before Christ
100

The study of human societies and cultures and how they develop.

Anthropology

100

An idea used to explain facts we discover or experience we have had. Theories are not neccessarily true.

Theory

100

ongest period of the Stone Age

•Began when stone artifacts were first used and lasted until the end of the final Ice Age at around 9600 BCE

•Time of nomadic, or constantly moving, hunter-gatherers

•Humans began to make stone tools that gradually increased in their specialization


A. Mesolithic

B. Paleolithic

C. Neolithic

Paleolithic Period

100

Mankind's first civilization

Sumer

200

What does A.D mean?

Anno Domini ("In the year of the Lord.")

200

They find and dig up the lost cities and campsites of mankind. They study the bones and buildings left for signs of man’s life.

Archaeologists

200

_____________ is a very small, sharp and chipped stones that were used as spear points and arrowheads.

Microlith

200

Begins after the 1ast Ice Age and ends with the introduction of agriculture.

Some Hunters went north following cold weather animals, others remained in warming climates.

A new stone tool

Microlith


A. Mesolithic

B. Paleolithic

C. Neolithic

Mesolithic Period

200

What gods did Sumerians worship?

Earth and Sky Gods
300

What does Arche mean in Archaeologists?

Mankind

300

They study the traces left by mankind during those long years before waiting. 

Paleontologist

300

Remains or imprints of things that were once alive. 

Fossils

300

This period was specialized tools for farming.

Plows, and stone tools.

Humans began to make long term settlements in one place.

Increased population and development of cities.

Domesticate - convert (plants, animals, and etc) to domestic use.

8 Crops - Emmer Wheat, Einkorn Wheat, Barley, lentil, Pea, Chickpea, Bitter Vetch, Flax

A. Mesolithic

B. Paleolithic

C. Neolithic

Neolithic Period

300

The Sumerians invented the ________ to help with farming and their way of life. 

Wheel

400

What does Logia mean in Archaeologists?

Study

400

An item worked on or made by man.

Artifact

400

A solid, layered stone pyramid structure.

Ziggurat

400

What ways did Sumerians use writing?

Used of writing

  • Business
  • Temple Records
  • Honor Kings
  • Teach children
  • tell stories
400

What was the name of the writing with wedge shaped letters Sumerians used?

Cuneiform

500

A long poem that tells of heroes and their deeds.

Epic

500

A substance from which coal, charcoal, and graphite ate made. 

Carbon

500

To make someone calm and quiet so that he/she will not grow angry.

Appease

500

We thank Sumerians for dividing a circle into 360 degrees and what else?

60 seconds to 1 minute

60 minutes to 1 hour

500

A pointed stick used for writing on wax or clay tablets.

Stylus